Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-13
FOREIGN NEWS.
Irish Matters Discussed in
the Commons.
EDITOR O'BRIEN IMPRISONED.
Prince Ferdinand Assures Bulga-
ria of His DevOtiOn-DOctOr
McGlynn's Case.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald.

LONDON, September 12.-In the
House OF Commons tonight, Balfour,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, announced
that telegram had been received re-
garding the affray at Lisdoonvarna
last night. The dispatch stated that
five moonlighters were captured, Con-
stable Wheelan killed, and three
others seriously hurt. A number OF
rifles and revolvers, and also guam
tity of ammunition, was captured.
Five of the men captured were arrested
inside the house of farmer Sexton.
Two were identified to-day by farmer
Sexton, wlom the gang meant to
murder He had been summoned by
the League and censured, and he had
to promise to surrender his farm, but
did not do so. The gang thereupor
entered his house, when the police
laid in ambush and surprised them.
RUNNING IN THE OLD CHANNEL.
Balfour, replying to Harcourt, sale
that the instructions the police were
now acting under We're the same thai
they received when Sir William was 6
member of the Gladstone Govern
ment.
HARCoURT's FoRGETFULNEss.
Referring to Sir Williams conten
ton that the suppression of public
meetings was illegal, Balfour said thai
he did not know at what period Sil
William lost his knowledge of law
but it was a matter of history thai
under the common law of Ireland, Sil
William himself acted with Gladstone
and Forster in proclaiming $50 meet
ings. 1t was absurd to describe such
meetings as for free discussion. They
were heralded by placards of an in
fiammatory nature, and their object
was obviously to defeat the laws.
THE MITCHELsTowN MEETING.
Regarding the Mitchelstown affair
Balfour said that it had been clearly
ascertained that the action OF the po
lice was in the face of extreme. provo.
cation, and the sole responsibility
rested with those who convoked the
meetings (cheers). Sir William patet
of liberty, justice and free speech, bu
the actual weapons he and his friends
used in the Irish contest were obstruc
ton in Parliament and resistance tt
the law outside.
FUTURE POLICY.
Violence and intimidation, the Gov
ernment did not favor in their policy
They believed in firm administration
OF the law, and undismayed by criti
cism and with courage unshaken, they
would persevere in the course that
must end in the conciliation of Ireland
loud cheers.)
GLADSTONE TAXES THE FLOOR.
When Gladstone arose to speak he
was loudly cheered. He said that il
was natural that the debate should be
mainly directed to the Michelstown
outrage, but Sir William Vernon-Har-
court had performed public service
in drawing attention to the Ennis
meeting. Balfour had declared that
the government would persevere in
their endeavor to tranqualize Ireland
by firm administration of the law
and not by the removal of grievances,
for there were none. Laughter.
Balfour here interposed "Injus
tice" was my word"
ONLY WHAT HE EXPECTED.
Gladstone said that he saw no diff
ference, but it was to be verbally cor
rect that he protested against Bal
four's statement. He expected only
hostility from the opposition, for when
anything beneficial to Ireland was
proposed the opposition hailed it with
pleasure and did everything possible
to further it. Besides the unwise
policy OF coercion, which was calcu-
lated to destroy social order, the op
position had enjoined upon the Irish
people strict obedience to the law, and
their advice was more effective in pro-
curing obedience than all the Govern
ment's coercion and constabulary.
| THE POINT EvADED.
Managed as it was at Mitchelstown
Balfour had met Sir VIM. Vernon
Harcourt's speech with simple
sophistry, which was usually the re-
sort of persons in difficult position
That the late Government did the
same thing, he was not prepared tC
admit, but if they did it was no ex